The AIPT Comics podcast is back to recap your week, review comics, and host special guests! This week, Curt Pires joins the show to discuss Indigo Children, a new series launching March 28th (retailers, you have until March 6 to put in your orders).

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NEWS

1. 'Ultimate Invasion' teams Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch summer 2023
2. Marvel Comics teases ‘Contest of Chaos’ coming in 2023
3. Marvel sheds light on new ‘Black Panther’ ongoing series out June 2023
4. Marvel and Essential Sequential team up for artist print program Marvel Signature
5. Marvel Entertainment and StoryToys to launch new Marvel HQ app in May 2023
6. New Star Wars comics crossover coming in 2023 with unforeseen threat coming
7. DC sheds light on 'Knight Terrors' summer 2023 event
8. DC and Kodansha releasing Superman, Batman, and Joker manga in English for the first time
9. Oni Press announces ‘Xino’ #1 kicking off June 2023
10. Briar gets ongoing series v
11. Netflix sets Baran Bo Adar and Jante Friese to adapt 'Something is Killing the Children'
12. Archie Comics and WEBTOON announce digital comic collab 'Archie Comics: Big Ethel Energy'
13. Image Comics reveals ‘The Catalyst War’ begins in ‘Radiant Black’ #25

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Superman #1 (Josh Williamson, Jamal Campbell)
2. Immoral X-Men #1 (Kieron Gillen, Paco Medina)

Nathan:

1. Batman: One Bay Day - Clayface #1 (Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Xermanico)
2. Punisher: War Journal - Base #1 (Torunn Gronbekk, Djibril Morissette-Phan)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Superman #1 (Josh Williamson, Jamal Campbell)

Dave - Spawn Unwanted Violence #2 (Todd McFarlane, Mike Del Mundo)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Rogue & Gambit #1 (Stephanie Phillips, Carlos Gomez)
2. Nathan: Human Target #12 (Tom King, Greg Smallwood)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Detective Comics #1069 (J.H. Williams III Card Stock Cover)
2. Nathan: Cosmic Ghost Rider #1 (Felipe Massafera cover)

Interview: Curt Pires talks about Indigo Children

1. What is the premise of Indigo Children?
2. The idea of Indigo Children is wildly different that your other works, do you have a drawer of ideas to get to?
3. What made Image Comics the right publisher for Indigo Children?
4. Nikki might be my favorite character, what goes into making a character funny but taken seriously?
5. Alex Diotto art works well at capturing a sense of isolation and mystery, why was he a good fit for this series?
6. If you ever wrote the x-men, would it be sort of like this?
7. How did you come up with the powers in this book?
8. The title is compelling can you talk about its meaning or what inspired it?